IKEA has revamped its catalogue app letting users save their favourite items from multiple catalogues as a shopping list to be used on its website or in-store, as part of the furtnuiture stores new omnichannel strategy.

At the beginning of 2014, an Ikea Facebook campaign drove an 11 per cent increase in foot traffic for the retailer, according to research carried out by Vizeum and iProspect in partnership with Facebook and EE.

Most social strategies are no longer working. Facebook's filtering of posts has switched the platform to a paid channel, and now investigations in the UK reveal the extent of fake fans. Viral marketing is failing to travel without paid promotion, and although the audiences of YouTube and Facebook look massive, most businesses find real engagement with their content is tiny.

From China to the USA, Russia to South Africa - our strategists have seen the same patterns everywhere this month as we strengthen the digital strategies of global brands. Other stories we've been tracking:

- Path to purchase: New research on how digital impacts sales
- Digital ad budgets: P&G's big switch in the US
- New production tools: Why the DoubleClick tool for publishing rich media ads should cut agency costs

New advanced training courses are now in place for all main digital disciplines, so if your teams need a recap, then simply mail us back.

This year’s IKEA catalogue now comes with an augmented reality twist, giving users the ability to place virtual furniture in their own home with the help of a smartphone app. See why its our viral of the week below…

IKEA UK has begun a new email and social media campaign that utilises Pinterest to promote its new Indian-inspired ‘True Blue' collection. Interest in the campaign, which is also using giant social network Facebook, will initially be driven by an email to members of the IKEA Family Loyalty scheme which will direct recipients to an independent micro-site.